What's New

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Happy Holidays! We have a gift update for all you Sandboxers!

- Four Festive New Elements:
•Santa Powder: A magic powder that makes Humans dress and act like the legendary figure that brings gifts to the homes of kids around the world
•Reindeer: This docile animal lives in cold climates and avoids predators. During this special season, 1 out of every 9 of them will have a Red Nose!
•Polar Bear: These big carnivorous bears from the Arctic Circle can visit your game worlds!
•Xmas House: A brick house festooned with shiny Christmas lights!

- Fixed touch control issues on iPhone 7 & iPhone 7 Plus. You can now fully enjoy the game on your shiny new device!

App Description

Play God to create worlds & life, or destroy everything with a tap of your finger in The Sandbox! As featured in: BEST OF WORLD-BUILDING GAMES (App Store), BEST OF GAMES: HIDDENS GEMS (App Store) and TOP GAMES – IF YOU LIKE MINECRAFT (App Store)

-- GAME INFO --
Imagine crafting your own 8bit pixel world, playing with Humans, Ninjas, Robots or Zombies, composing your own music and much more! Craft new elements, create custom art from tiny pixels, or build your own town. The universe is yours to create or destroy, and the only limit is your imagination!

Start from scratch with basic building blocks like stone, water and soil. Grow plants, raise mountains, generate life and gain access to advanced crafting tools. Create non-organic elements like metal and light bulbs, and populate your universe with creations both natural and technological.

--THE SANDBOX FEATURES--

UNLEASH YOUR IMAGINATION:
• Millions of possibilities. Infinite landscape designs. Countless different chemical reactions. Nothing is beyond your reach!
• Embrace your inner Pixel Artist to create retro masterpieces
• Compose your very own chiptune melodies with musical instruments!
• Bring life to your creations and watch them evolve, eat, destroy and die

SHARE YOUR CREATIONS WITH THE WORLD:
• Create your universe and then share it in The Sandbox’s Online Gallery
• Discover more than 1,500,000 worlds created by other players
• Rate other players’ worlds and add elements too

--NEW FEATURES--

PLAY THE MOVIE ADVENTURES CAMPAIGN
• Classic movies come to life, and the Sandbox God in the director’s chair!
• Battle with the Tech Trooper, smash humans with the Cyclops, terrify villagers with the Headless Horseman, and more!

CONTROL THE ELEMENTS:
• Over 280 elements to combine for different physics effects!
• Create chain reactions with unique sensor types, including liquid, light and temperature

CREATE LIFE & TECHNOLOGY:
• Add Humans to your world and watch as they interact with your creations
• Influence the behavior of your Humans using Magic Powders
• Give them specific roles: Miner, Hunter, Woodcutter, Spacemen, Zombies and even Robots
• Wreak havoc with guns and C4, or light up the sky with Fireworks

BUILD A CITY AND SIMULATE LIFE:
• Use intuitive builder controls to place metal, concrete and more
• Add life forms and tech to your town and help it grow
• Create your own city sim with AI, technology and completely interactive building

MAKE CUSTOM GAMES WITH THE BRAINIAC:
• Create dynamic contraptions with the Brainiac: assemble them, move them, transport materials and activate separate actions!
• Add controllable elements that you can customize to create your own game rules
• Build fun levels to play through
• Make AI and attach Bodies to create reactive characters: Dragons, Spaceships, Planes, UFOs and more
• Make your own multi-pixels using in-game elements like Gravity and Tilt

PLAY OUT YOUR FANTASY:
• Save the dinosaurs, cruise around in a sports car, blast everything with a tank, or explore space in your very own Lunar Lander
• Create any universe you can dream up

CRAFT REAL-LIFE WONDERS WITH BLUEPRINTS:
• Add awesome real-life wonders to your worlds: the Eiffel Tower, Chichen Itza, the Pyramids, the Statue of Liberty and more!
• Play through 28 fun campaigns – a whopping 385 game levels in all!

-- PRESS REVIEWS --
"The Sandbox is a fantastically inventive mobile game that encourages players to create entire worlds and works of art!" Cult Of Mac

The Sandbox puts an entire universe in the palm of your hand! Unleash infinite creativity in this FREE builder game, and create your custom world pixel by pixel.

In your universe, the possibilities are endless! Download The Sandbox today!

-- FOLLOW US --
Twitter: http://twitter.com/thesandboxgame
Facebook: http://facebook.com/thesandboxgame

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • May 16, 2012 Initial release
  • May 23, 2012 New version 1.02
  • June 26, 2012 New version 1.03
  • July 10, 2012 New version 1.04
  • September 18, 2012 New version 1.05
  • September 28, 2012 New version 1.051
  • October 30, 2012 New version 1.052
  • December 15, 2012 New version 1.1
  • January 24, 2013 New version 1.101
  • March 13, 2013 New version 1.150
  • April 22, 2013 New version 1.200
  • May 07, 2013 New version 1.201
  • June 15, 2013 New version 1.300
  • July 19, 2013 New version 1.301
  • August 10, 2013 New version 1.350
  • August 19, 2013 New version 1.351
  • October 09, 2013 New version 1.400
  • October 27, 2013 New version 1.450
  • November 15, 2013 New version 1.500
  • December 18, 2013 New version 1.600
  • February 13, 2014 New version 1.700
  • March 12, 2014 New version 1.800
  • April 03, 2014 Price increase: FREE! -> $1.99
  • April 05, 2014 Price increase: $1.99 -> $2.99
  • April 08, 2014 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
  • April 09, 2014 Price increase: $0.99 -> $2.99
  • April 10, 2014 Price decrease: $2.99 -> FREE!
  • April 24, 2014 New version 1.900
  • May 21, 2014 New version 1.950
  • June 25, 2014 New version 1.991
  • July 16, 2014 New version 1.995
  • July 30, 2014 New version 1.996
  • September 04, 2014 New version 1.997
  • September 19, 2014 New version 1.9971
  • October 12, 2014 New version 1.9980
  • November 03, 2014 New version 1.9983
  • November 13, 2014 New version 1.9990
  • December 18, 2014 New version 1.9995
  • January 29, 2015 New version 1.9996
  • March 16, 2015 New version 1.99981
  • April 27, 2015 New version 1.99983
  • May 14, 2015 New version 1.99984
  • July 01, 2015 New version 1.99985
  • July 05, 2015 New version 1.99986
  • July 26, 2015 New version 1.99987
  • August 30, 2015 New version 1.99990
  • October 03, 2015 New version 1.99994
  • October 20, 2015 New version 1.99995
  • October 28, 2015 New version 1.99996
  • December 08, 2015 New version 1.99998
  • February 03, 2016 New version 1.99999
  • February 27, 2016 New version 1.999993
  • June 23, 2016 New version 1.999995
  • December 23, 2016 New version 2.0
  • June 13, 2019 New version 2.3

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